"Every outcry against political oppression, or against whatsoever is morally hideous, affirms the cardinal principle that human beings are not to be violated, not to be used as mere tools by others, but to be respected and revered as an end in themselves."
2007-12-13 00:57:21 · 7 answers · asked by auntb93 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I hear an objection to humanism? Why?
To Fast & Bulbous: I think Reagan meant that we had no quarrel with the PEOPLE, but only with the power structure.
2007-12-13 01:10:11 · update #1
Yes, Mike, Felix Adler was the founder of the Ethical Culture movement. Wish I could give you two thumbs up for that!
2007-12-13 01:39:08 · update #2
It's perfect - one just cannot improve an iota upon it!
Was he the founder of the Ethical Culture movement?
2007-12-13 01:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you think of this quote,
"The United States has no quarrel with the Iraqi people,'' he said. In the press gallery, nobody stirred. Below us, not a diplomat shifted in his seat. The speech had already rambled on for 20 minutes but the speechwriters must have known what this meant when they cobbled it together.
Before President Reagan bombed Libya in 1985, he announced that America "had no quarrel with the Libyan people.'' Before he bombed Iraq in 1991, Bush the Father told the world that the United States "had no quarrel with the Iraqi people''. Last year Bush the Son, about the strike at the Taliban and al-Qa'ida, told us he "had no quarrel with the people of Afghanistan". And now that frightening mantra was repeated. There was no quarrel, Mr Bush said – absolutely none – with the Iraqi people
2007-12-13 09:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by 2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it paints humans in an egotistical light,to some degree..
There is so much more to the world and to life then humans being an end in themselves.
Especially when you consider that as humans, we are supposed to be servants of God....Not the other way around.
I think that as People, we should definately respect each other....
but none of us are deserving of reverance!
2007-12-13 09:13:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mommacat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Classic example of humanism.
2007-12-13 09:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"...to be respected and revered as an end in themselves." I don't like this last bit. It stinks of humanism. Man was created for God's glory, not to be an end in themselves.
2007-12-13 09:02:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Nice ideology.
Jesus said something similar, "Love your neighbor as you love your self" and again, "Do unto others as you want others to do unto you."
2007-12-13 09:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a great quote
2007-12-13 14:27:15 · answer #7 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋